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This work emerges from Meshel’s reflection on how Black bodies are perceived within an international context, particularly in relation to visibility, movement, and autonomy. In contrast to imposed narratives shaped by observation and categorisation, the drawings propose an alternative: bodies defined through their own rhythm, presence, and self-determined expression.
Free Soul, Free to Roam is inspired by a fleeting encounter in public space, capturing the movement of a figure whose gestures convey a sense of freedom and immediacy. Rather than focusing on identity as a fixed construct, the work centres on motion itself—on the ability to occupy space without restriction, to move without being contained or interpreted through external frameworks.
Together with The Three Sisters, the works articulate a vision of Black embodiment that resists limitation. Movement is positioned as both a physical and conceptual act, one that affirms presence, multiplicity, and the possibility of existing beyond prescribed roles or expectations.
Coloured pencil on paper
34 x 28 cm | 13.39 x 11.02 in
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This work emerges from Meshel’s reflection on how Black bodies are perceived within an international context, particularly in relation to visibility, movement, and autonomy. In contrast to imposed narratives shaped by observation and categorisation, the drawings propose an alternative: bodies defined through their own rhythm, presence, and self-determined expression.
Free Soul, Free to Roam is inspired by a fleeting encounter in public space, capturing the movement of a figure whose gestures convey a sense of freedom and immediacy. Rather than focusing on identity as a fixed construct, the work centres on motion itself—on the ability to occupy space without restriction, to move without being contained or interpreted through external frameworks.
Together with The Three Sisters, the works articulate a vision of Black embodiment that resists limitation. Movement is positioned as both a physical and conceptual act, one that affirms presence, multiplicity, and the possibility of existing beyond prescribed roles or expectations.
Coloured pencil on paper
34 x 28 cm | 13.39 x 11.02 in
Delivery details will be sent privately to each buyer.
Taxes, shipping and handling is not included.